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| Beyonce by Tyler Mitchell |
My mother taught me the importance not just of being seen but of seeing myself.
As the mother of two girls, it’s important to me that they see themselves too—in books, films, and on runways. It’s important to me that they see themselves as CEOs, as bosses, and that they know they can write the script for their own lives—that they can speak their minds and they have no ceiling. They don’t have to be a certain type or fit into a specific category. They don’t have to be politically correct, as long as they’re authentic, respectful, compassionate, and empathetic.
They can explore any religion, fall in love with any race, and love who they want to love.
I want the same things for my son.
I want him to know that he can be strong and brave but that he can also be sensitive and kind. I want my son to have a high emotional IQ where he is free to be caring, truthful, and honest. It’s everything a woman wants in a man, and yet we don’t teach it to our boys.
I hope to teach my son not to fall victim to what the internet says he should be or how he should love. I want to create better representations for him so he is allowed to reach his full potential as a man, and to teach him that the real magic he possesses in the world is the power to affirm his own existence.
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Some black women have been copying out sections on her pro-black stance or overcoming white supremacist assumptions. Others have been copying out the section on body positivity while others are copying out the sections on the struggles she had overcoming her family legacy. Most important for the young black girls who read this article is this:
If "generational curses" are psycho-emotional things, as I've long suspected they are, she has broken the chain. Blue, Rumi, and Sir will not repeat their parents mistakes and continue a "lineage of broken male-female relationships, abuse of power, and mistrust."
Everything isn't hers to control. But it seems clear that Beyonce is going to give her children the best foundation she can so that they won't have to learn the very same lessons she did by trial and error.
They'll be able to make new mistakes, ones that don't involve failing to be able to see their own worth.
It is black feminist parents like Beyonce, Michelle and Barack Obama, and eventually Kofi Siriboe that are going to change this world.
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"I’m not happy if I’m not improving, evolving, moving forward, inspiring, teaching, and learning."Feminism may be a fad for some of her fans. But it isn't for her It is more than just music and style and talents as an entertainer that are growing. She is ever evolving, as a feminist woman and mother.
If "generational curses" are psycho-emotional things, as I've long suspected they are, she has broken the chain. Blue, Rumi, and Sir will not repeat their parents mistakes and continue a "lineage of broken male-female relationships, abuse of power, and mistrust."
Everything isn't hers to control. But it seems clear that Beyonce is going to give her children the best foundation she can so that they won't have to learn the very same lessons she did by trial and error.
They'll be able to make new mistakes, ones that don't involve failing to be able to see their own worth.
It is black feminist parents like Beyonce, Michelle and Barack Obama, and eventually Kofi Siriboe that are going to change this world.
BLaCKCHiCKRoCKeD.BLoGSPoT.CoM
